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Students get 'magical' chance
■ The Walt Disney World
College Program offers
University students the chance
to work in the Magic Kingdom
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
When Jen Kubicki packed up all
her belongings in her car and drove
across the United States in March
2001, she had only a vague idea of
how different her upcoming college
term would be from any she had
previously completed.
Every year, more than 7,500 col
lege students like Kubicki head to
Lake Buena Vista, Fla. For the past
five consecutive years, the Walt
Disney World College Program has
been offering students at the Uni
versity the chance to work and ex
perience the enchantment of the
Magic Kingdom.
Students can meet with a recruit
ment representative toclay at 6 p.m.
in the EMU Fir Room to learn more
about the internship opportunities
this unique program provides.
“I got a really good feel of the
business aspect of the Disney com
pany — seeing how they operate,”
said Kubicki, a junior business ma
jor who participated in the program
from March until August of 2001.
Kubicki worked as a lifeguard in
Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water
park while earning four credits
through the University’s Career
Center for her internship. In addi
tion to a paid job, the program also
provides students with an inside
look and a real-world experience in
the entertainment industry.
Students can choose to take
classes related to their jobs that
meet once a week. Junior Laura
Hornsby said she took seven semi
nars, on topics ranging from guest
services to how to run a business,
that corresponded to her conces
sions job in the Magic Kingdom.
“They expect you to practice
what you learn,” Hornsby said.
While she was nervous about the
experience in the beginning, Horns
by said she ended up enjoying the
process of learning how the compa
ny — which is ranked No. 73 in the
2002 Fortune 500 listing of Ameri
ca’s largest corporations — runs its
business. She said while she liked
having the term off from regular
University classes, by the time the
program was over, she was ready to
come home.
Launched in 1981, the program
first included 200 students from 20
colleges and universities. Now the
program serves more than 2,500 stu
dents from 350 schools each semester.
“We offer such a wide variety of
opportunities to college students
from across the country,” said col
lege recruiting manager Kristi Breen.
Academic courses are offered in
everything from communications
to human resource management
and organizational leadership, al
lowing students to enhance their
education. Rick Guerra, assistant
director of career development in
ternships with the Career Center,
said students need to meet with
him the term prior to when they
plan to participate in the internship
if they want to receive academic
credit toward graduation.
The program is unique, he said,
because it offers students the op
portunity to travel and work with
other interns from across the na
tion. He said the program offers
both entry-level positions and more
focused internships shadowing
professionals at Disney.
“For the Disney program, one of
the drawbacks is that it requires stu
dents to be out of school for a term
or two,” Guerra said. He added that
the program caters to students on
the East Coast who have semester
instead of quarter systems.
Kubicki said that now when em
ployees see a large company like
Disney on her resume, they are im
mediately intrigued.
“It’s all about being forward,
friendly and patient — that Disney
personality,” Hornsby said, adding
that she now also applies that per
sonality to her job in Eugene at
Emerald Lanes.
Students in the program also re
ceive free admission to all four Dis
ney theme parks during their in
ternship. They live with other
students in fully furnished one- to
four-bedroom apartments in close
proximity to the Disney property.
“I could stand on my balcony and
see the fireworks from Downtown
Disney every night,” Kubicki said.
She said the program was reward
ing because it forced her to work
with people outside her “comfort
zone” and because of the positive
feedback she received from visitors.
The program is open to all under
graduate students in any major who
have completed at least one semester
of school. Kubicki said the only
drawback of the program was transi
tioning from the hot, humid weather
in Florida back to rainy Oregon.
“It’s a great opportunity to get in
with a big company,” Kubicki said.
“The program is an experience that
can help you whether you want to
further yourself within the compa
ny or just make some good friends
and have fun.”
E-mail features reporter Lisa Toth
at lisatoth@dailyemerald.com.
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